Hi there, my boy is an 8 year old neutered cat, strictly indoors only. I noticed this mass in the side of his belly and I honestly should have taken him in sooner but I found out I was pregnant in January and I’m not gonna lie I was distracted. I took him to 3 vets. His usual vet was very limited with what they could do and scared me because they said he could have an active bleed. So I took him to the emergency vet. They did an ultrasound and confirmed it was a tumor and wanted to send him for a CT scan. That was going to  cost $5k. I cannot afford that. So today we went to a different vet and got some answers. They did X-rays and that confirmed the mass hasn’t metastasized. They did an FNA and are waiting for results. They ran blood work and all of his organ functions are good except he’s anemic. So the vet said the tumor is collecting blood or pulling blood and causing his anemia. He said because the mass is so large they’d have to crate a skin flap during surgery to get good margins but they don’t do that surgery. This vet is willing to attempt to remove the mass but he said he won’t be able to guarantee good margins. But if we don’t remove it he said it will definitely spread and he will continue to be anemic. At this point I cannot afford to take him to oncology or really even another vet. I’m willing to do this surgery with this doctor but I’m just looking for advice and opinions. I want to save my boy but unfortunately I am limited financially. 

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